Category Archives: Discussions

WSJ Selects Waugh Novel for Book Group

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

The Wall Sreet Journal has announced an internet book group that will discuss Waugh’s 1934 novel A Handful of Dust. The group will be moderated by novelist Joseph Kanon, said to be best known for thrillers such as The Good … Continue reading →

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Inaugural Dead Meet Up, London, Nov. 26th: “The Loved One” and the Reality of Embalming

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

There is nothing new under the sun. Except, perhaps, this: On Wed., Nov. 26th, at Barts Pathology Museum in London, Dead Meet (“Dating and Networking for Death Professionals”), is holding its Inaugural Dead Meet Up, a networking event at which … Continue reading →

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BBC Radio 4 discussion of Decline and Fall

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

On Feb. 21, on the BBC Radio 4 program In Our Time, David Bradshaw (Professor of English Literature at Worcester College, Oxford), John Bowen (Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature at the University of York) and Ann Pasternak Slater (Senior Research Fellow at … Continue reading →

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